The 1st Ukrainian Front was formed on 20.10.1943
as a result of renaming the Voronezh Front. It took part in the Kiev and
Zhitomir-Berdichev offensive operations in the autumn of 1943. During the
winter of 1943-1944 the left flank of the 1st Ukrainian Front participated
in the Korsun-Chevchenkovsky operation (Battle of Cherkassy), while the
right flank conducted the Rovno-Lutsk operation. During the Soviet summeroffensive
the 1st Ukrainian Front liberated the Ukraine and managed to seize a bridgehead
on the leftbank of the River Weichsel (Lvov-Sandomierz operation). In the
autumn of 1944 the left flank of the 1st Ukrainian Front assisted in the
Czechoslowak Uprising. In the opening months of 1945 the 1st Ukrainian Front
advanced to the river Oder and cleared their left flank by seizing Upper
and Lower Silesia. During April and May 1945 forces of the 1st Ukrainian
Front took part in the Battle of Berlin, the advance to Leipzig and Dresden
and finally the Prague operation. On 10.06.1945 the 1st Ukrainian Front
was disbanded and parts were deployed in the Soviet Occupation Zone (East-Germany).